The person sitting next to me on a flight was a woman. Ever the charmer, I used one of my pick-up lines on her.
I asked, “Does the airline charge you extra for sitting next to good-looking men?”
“Yes,” she replied, “but I wasn’t willing to pay.”
Gold leafIn 1892, a U.S. patent was issued for packaging decorative gold leaf in roll form to Walter H. Coe of Providence, R.I. (No. 472,252). The W.H. Coe Mfg. Co. of the same city manufactured the gold leaf in rolls 67 feet in length in widths between 1/16 to 3-1/4 inches wide. The foil thickness was 1/250,000 inch, and was packaged on a backing material of the same width, for uses such as bookbinding. As compared to the previous use of leaves of gold foil, this packaging method allowed correctly precut widths to be matched to the application with correct lengths without need for overlapping pieces. The spool was designed to press the ribbon down on the part to be gilded as the ribbon was unwound. Thus waste was much reduced. |
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